If you feel weary after your 18 holes at Kennemer, spare a thought for Ryder Cup stars Jose-Marie Olazabal and Ronan Rafferty, who endured a record-breaking NINE hole play-off here to decide the Dutch Open in 1989.

Ronan joins us on the podcast to describe in hilarious detail that endurance test where he and Jose played on and on and on in a storm.

It's also the course where Andy Sullivan's reward for a hole-in-one was a trip into space!

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Credits - Commentary: DP World Tour. Music: Ronnie Hilton

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Golfers visiting East Lothian are spoilt for choice, but many choose to include Kilspindie in their itinerary.

These tight, traditional links offer spectacular views, and the relatively short course is popular with those who favour accuracy over distance.

https://www.kilspindiegolfclub.co.uk/

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Ony five courses in Continental Europe make it into the best in the World list according to Top100golfcourses.com - but Royal Hague is one of them.

Awarded its "Royal" tag on its centenary in 1993, the Dutch King and Queen frequently play there along with other members of the Royal family.

Designed by Colt and Allison, its huge dunes make it a tough climb but the effort is well worthwhile, because every hole is memorable.

https://khgcc.nl/

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Unusually, we've combined two golf clubs into one episode - but they do have something in common.

Musselburgh Old Links was one of the original venues for The Open Championship, but the limitations of its nine-hole layout led to its replacement by Muirfield, and golfers migrated to other courses with more land.

One of those clubs was Royal Musselburgh, a parkland course and very different to Musselburgh Old Links, which sits within Musselburgh racecourse. But their shared history made for an entertaining 27-hole day.

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https://musselburgholdcourse.com

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The first of a quartet of Dutch course reviews coming up in the next few weeks as the Netherlands becomes the 15th country to be visited by the Golf Pilgrim.

De Texelse is a tranquil resort on an island just off the coast of Holland, and the venue for a recent European Nations Cup for journalists. Suffice to say, the British team was some way short of the podium….

But the links-like course is a winner - having expanded from 9 to 18 holes a decade ago.

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We are delving into the history books in this episode…because recent research indicates that Lanark is the oldest inland golf course in the world.

They've been playing here since 1851, with Old Tom Morris and James Braid lending their expertise to its design.

Its location means it may be an excellent option on your way to or from a Scottish golfing holiday….

https://www.lanarkgolfclub.co.uk/

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Stoke Park was the setting for one of the most famous moments in golf, albeit a fictional match.

Its proximity to Pinewood film studios meant it was the perfect spot to film James Bond's match against Auric Goldfinger in the 007 movie released in 1964.

Now in the hands of a real-life billionaire, Stoke Park has quite a story of its own. The club closed for several years and had its membership abolished before reopening as an exclusive pay-and-play venue.

https://www.stokepark.com/

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Powfoot may be some distance from Scotland's most famous links, but that can have advantages.

Visitors will discover a much lower greenfee than better known courses. And its location, a dozen or so miles from the M6 and the English border makes it very easy to get to for golfers heading north or south.

And we hear from upcoming star Chloe Tarbard who battled apocalyptic weather to win the Scottish Girls Championship at Powfoot.

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https://www.powfootgolfclub.com/

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